CONTENTS

1. AUTOMATIC UPDATE IMPORTANT NOTICE

2. NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 9.5

3. IMPORTANT NOTICES

1. AUTOMATIC UPDATE IMPORTANT NOTICE

IMPORTANT: If you deploy this console update without taking steps, your console may automatically update your existing VIPRE Windows agent software (if you are moving from version 7 or earlier). Read below for more information.

If you do not wish to automatically upgrade your existing agents, you can temporarily change your policies by doing the following:

Cancel this installation.

Open the Management Console.

Select the properties for a particular policy.

Navigate to Updates.

Uncheck Check for agent software updates periodicity in hours.

Repeat as necessary for each additional policy.

The agents that use the modified policies will retrieve the policy update and cache it locally, thereby preventing them from attempting to self-update once you've updated the console. To make sure all of the existing agents receive this policy change, consider waiting 24 hours after the policy change to perform this update to the console.

2. NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 9.5

VIPRE Antivirus Business

Comprehensive Management of All Agents - Roaming agents can now be updated directly from the console (version 7.0 and later), eliminating the need to take manual steps or visit the office to get the latest protection.

Conserve Bandwidth By Leveraging Cloud-based Updates - In prior releases, all agents retrieved software and definition updates from the console directly, unless they were roaming. In this release, we've added a setting that lets you use ThreatTrack's cloud-based servers for all updates, regardless of where an agent is currently located. This option provides additional flexibility for environments that wish to conserve bandwidth between the agent and the console.

More Flexible Web Traffic Protection - Although Web Traffic Protection does a great job of preventing people from visiting malicious sites, some organizations with a need to customize the ruleset asked for the ability to exclude (whitelist) certain sites from Protection. This has now been added in the form of an Allowed Web Sites list.

Enhanced Performance on Windows 10 - Recent changes to the Windows 10 filesystem have affected the performance of our Active Protection feature on that platform. In this release, we have tuned our software to account for Microsoft's changes and significantly increased performance.

Numerous bug fixes, minor enhancements, and performance improvements in the console and the agent

VIPRE Business Premium

Comprehensive Management of All Agents - Roaming agents can now be updated directly from the console (version 7.0 and later), eliminating the need to take manual steps or visit the office to get the latest protection.

Simplified Upgrade of Agents - You can now quickly and easily upgrade your agents from one edition (for example, Antivirus Business) to a more advanced edition (for example, Endpoint Protection) using the 'Scheduled' or 'Install Existing Agent' features within the console.

Conserve Bandwidth By Leveraging Cloud-based Updates - In prior releases, all agents retrieved software and definition updates from the console directly, unless they were roaming. In this release, we've added a setting that lets you use ThreatTrack's cloud-based servers for all updates, regardless of where an agent is currently located. This option provides additional flexibility for environments that wish to conserve bandwidth between the agent and the console.

Inclusion of Patch Management Updates - Patch Management updates are now included in updates delivered from the cloud.

More Flexible Web Traffic Protection - Although Web Traffic Protection does a great job of preventing people from visiting malicious sites, some organizations with a need to customize the ruleset asked for the ability to exclude (whitelist) certain sites from Protection. This has now been added in the form of an Allowed Web Sites list.

Enhanced Performance on Windows 10 - Recent changes to the Windows 10 filesystem have affected the performance of our Active Protection feature on that platform. In this release, we have tuned our software to account for Microsoft's changes and significantly increased performance.

Numerous bug fixes, minor enhancements, and performance improvements in the console and the agent

VIPRE Endpoint Security

Comprehensive Management of All Agents - Roaming agents can now be updated directly from the console (version 7.0 and later), eliminating the need to take manual steps or visit the office to get the latest protection.

Simplified Upgrade of Agents - You can now quickly and easily upgrade your agents from one edition (for example, Antivirus Business) to a more advanced edition (for example, Endpoint Protection) using the 'Scheduled' or 'Install Existing Agent' features within the console.

Conserve Bandwidth By Leveraging Cloud-based Updates - In prior releases, all agents retrieved software and definition updates from the console directly, unless they were roaming. In this release, we've added a setting that lets you use ThreatTrack's cloud-based servers for all updates, regardless of where an agent is currently located. This option provides additional flexibility for environments that wish to conserve bandwidth between the agent and the console.

Inclusion of Patch Management Updates - Patch Management updates are now included in updates delivered from the cloud.

More Flexible Web Traffic Protection - Although Web Traffic Protection does a great job of preventing people from visiting malicious sites, some organizations with a need to customize the ruleset asked for the ability to exclude (whitelist) certain sites from Protection. This has now been added in the form of an Allowed Web Sites list.

Enhanced Performance on Windows 10 - Recent changes to the Windows 10 filesystem have affected the performance of our Active Protection feature on that platform. In this release, we have tuned our software to account for Microsoft's changes and significantly increased performance.

Numerous bug fixes, minor enhancements, and performance improvements in the console and the agent

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Advanced Active Protection not compatible with Device Guard enabled

Due to some of the constraints that Device Guard puts on running processes, Advanced Active Protection cannot provide its detailed and comprehensive monitoring of potentially malicious processes on platforms with Device Guard enabled. However, Device Guard itself does provide some protection against malicious code execution. Depending on your environment and the types of services you intend to offer on the system in question, you will have to decide which of these two options provides the greater level of protection and enable only that solution.

Windows XP / Server 2003 compatibility

IMPORTANT - Windows XP and Server 2003 require an Antivirus Business or Business Premium agent as they do not support Endpoint Protection.

If you need to install an agent to Windows XP or Server 2003, please follow these steps:

Go into Site Properties.

Select Agent Software.

Enable Business or Business Premium agents.

You can now deploy those editions specifically for Windows XP and Server 2003.

Why Should I Upgrade to VIPRE Endpoint Security?

In today's world, malware authors are developing increasingly sophisticated and evasive techniques that can sometimes fool even the best classic antivirus solution. To combat these new threats, more power and new technology is required.

ThreatTrack has introduced this new technology in our Endpoint Protection solution in the form of Advanced Active Protection, an advanced capability that continuously monitors running processes for signs of malicious behavior. Advanced Active Protection is continuously kept up to date about the latest malware attack techniques by leveraging cloud-based learning. With this technique, even malware that manages to avoid file-based detection techniques will still be caught when it attempts to compromise your systems.

Although VIPRE Antivirus Business and Business Premium provide best-in-class, solid protection against typical viruses, malware, and other exploit techniques, customers that are likely to be subjected to targeted, customized attacks will benefit from Endpoint Protection's more advanced detection capabilities.